1912 – US government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights (censorship)
1922 – 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world’s 1st water skies (Minnesota)
1930 – New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in 8 runs with a grand slam and 2 doubles in a 14-13 win over the rival Boston Red Sox.
1941 – U-boats sink and damage 21 allied ships this month (80,521 tons)
1944 – US troops occupy Sansapor, New Guinea.
1948 – President Harry Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (now Kennedy Airport), New York.
1954 – Milwaukee first baseman Joe Adcock becomes only the 3rd player in 20th century to hit 4 home runs in 9-inning game (Lou Gehrig & Gil Hodges) in 15-7 Braves’ win over Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field: MLB record 18 total bases.
1961 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Jerry Barber wins his only major title in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Don January (67-68)
1969 – National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1970 – Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends “Huntley-Brinkley Report”
1971 – Apollo 15 astronauts take a 6½-hour electric car ride on the Moon.
1973 – Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 5 months later.
1980 – Hurricane Allen forms in the Atlantic Ocean and goes on to become the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin with winds of 190 mph.
1981 – Mid-season strike by Major League Baseball players ends after 42 days causing cancellation of 713 games: players and owners come to an agreement on free agent compensation.
1988 – Last Playboy Club closes in Lansing, Michigan.
1995 – Walt Disney announces the acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC for $19 billion; network of properties now consist of Disney, ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN2.
2002 – Polaroid Corporation is purchased by One Equity Partners, continuing to operate under the Polaroid Corporation name.
2012 – Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history as part of the winning American 4×200-meter freestyle relay team in London; Phelps’ 19th career Olympic medal and 15th overall gold.
2018 – Facebook discloses and removes Russian-linked network of sites attempting to interfere in American politics.
2022 – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, who helped plan 9/11 attacks, killed in CIA drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Joe Biden calls it group’s biggest blow since Osama bin Laden killed.
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